kula

See also: Kula, kulą, kuła, kúla, küla, külä, and kylä

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English

Etymology 1

From a South Slavic language, from Turkish kule, from Persian قله‎ (qolle), from Arabic قُلَّة‎ (qulla, “pinnacle, zenith”).

Noun

kula (plural kulas)

1. A tower, turret or a steeple on the Balkans erected during the period of Ottoman domination on the area.
   • 1867, Georgina Mary Muir Mackenzie, Lady Georgina Mary Muir Sebright, Mackenzie Sebright, Adeline Paulina Irby, Travels in the Slavonic Provinces of Turkey-in-Europe, p. 107:

     Instead of the haïdooks, their next of kin, the zaptiés now hold a kula on the highest point of the pass; here one pauses to rest after scrambling up the vile Turkish road on one side of the ravine, and before scrambling down the vile Turkish road on the other.

   • 1998, Adil Zulfikarpašić, Milovan Djilas, Nadežda Gaće, The Bosniak, p.5:

     The most important kulas of the Čengić-begs are those in Zagorje, in Rataji and the River Odžak near Ustikolina.

   • 1998, Miranda Vickers, Between Serb and Albanian, p. 111:

     The kulas were indeed like fortresses, with as many as twenty 'guns', ie. adult men ready to fight.

Etymology 2

Noun

kula (uncountable)

1. A ceremonial exchange system conducted in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea, involving the exchange of bracelets and necklaces, and linked to political authority.

Anagrams

• Luka, lauk

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Cebuano

Noun

kula

1. glue; or any sticky adhesive substance

Noun

kula

Verb

kula

1. to glue; to join or attach something using glue

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Hawaiian

Noun

kula

1. field, open area

   kula mauʻu

   meadow, field of grass

2. school

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkulɒ]
• Hyphenation: ku‧la

Noun

kula (plural kulák)

1. (slang) shit

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kula	kulák
accusative	kulát	kulákat
dative	kulának	kuláknak
instrumental	kulával	kulákkal
causal-final	kuláért	kulákért
translative	kulává	kulákká
terminative	kuláig	kulákig
essive-formal	kulaként	kulákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kulában	kulákban
superessive	kulán	kulákon
adessive	kulánál	kuláknál
illative	kulába	kulákba
sublative	kulára	kulákra
allative	kulához	kulákhoz
elative	kulából	kulákból
delative	kuláról	kulákról
ablative	kulától	kuláktól

Possessive forms of kula
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kulám	kuláim
2nd person sing.	kulád	kuláid
3rd person sing.	kulája	kulái
1st person plural	kulánk	kuláink
2nd person plural	kulátok	kuláitok
3rd person plural	kulájuk	kuláik

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Javanese

Pronoun

kula

1. (polite) I

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Lindu

Noun

kula

1. ginger

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Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ꦏꦸꦭ (kula).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /kulə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kula/
• Rhymes: -ulə, -lə, -ə

Noun

kula (plural kula-kula, informal first-person possessive kulaku, informal second-person possessive kulamu, third-person possessive kulanya)

1. (Java) slave

Pronoun

kula

1. (Java, possibly obsolete) I (me, my)

Synonyms

• aku
• saya

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Ngarrindjeri

Noun

kula

1. male she oak tree.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• kulen

Noun

kula f

1. definite feminine singular of kule

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kula f

1. definite singular of kule

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Pali

Etymology

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀓𑀼𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• कुल (Devanagari script)
• কুল (Bengali script)
• කුල (Sinhalese script)
• ကုလ (Burmese script)
• กุล (Thai script)
• ᨠᩩᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• កុល (Khmer script)

Noun

kula ?

1. clan, caste, family

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.la/

• kula

  (file)

Noun

kula f (diminutive kulka)

1. ball (spherical object)

   kula śnieżna ― snowball

2. (mathematics, geometry, topology) ball
3. bullet
4. crutch

   chodzić o kulach ― to walk on crutches

5. (sports) shot (the heavy iron ball)

   pchnięcie kulą ― shot put

Declension

declension of kula

	singular	plural
nominative	kula	kule
genitive	kuli	kul
dative	kuli	kulom
accusative	kulę	kule
instrumental	kulą	kulami
locative	kuli	kulach
vocative	kulo	kule

See also

• piłka f; kłębek m

Anagrams

• luka

Further reading

• kula in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قله‎ (kulle) (Turkish kule), from Persian قله‎ (qolle), from Arabic قُلَّة‎ (qulla, “pinnacle, zenith”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǔːla/
• Hyphenation: ku‧la

Noun

kúla f (Cyrillic spelling ку́ла)

1. tower
2. turret
3. steeple
4. castle
5. (chess) rook

Declension

Declension of kula

	singular	plural
nominative	kúla	kule
genitive	kule	kula
dative	kuli	kulama
accusative	kulu	kule
vocative	kulo	kule
locative	kuli	kulama
instrumental	kulom	kulama

Synonyms

• (tower): toranj

See also

Chess pieces in Serbo-Croatian · šahovske figure / шаховске фигуре (layout · text)
kralj краљ	dama, kraljica дама, краљица	top, kula топ, кула	lovac, trkač, laufer ловац, тркач, лауфер	skakač, konj скакач, коњ	pješak, pešak, pion, pijun пјешак, пешак, пион, пијун

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Swahili

Verb

kula (verbal noun of the ku class)

1. infinitive of -la

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -²ʉːla

Noun

kula c

1. a small ball made of earthenware, glass (marble) or a similar hard material; marble: spela kula; of steel in a ball bearing; sphere; testicle, often in the compound pungkula
2. bullet

   En kula träffade honom rakt i tinningen.

   A bullet hit him right in the temple.

3. (slang, chiefly in the plural) money

   Jag har tjänat massa kulor med den här bilen.

   I've made tons of cash with this car.

4. (heraldry) roundel

Declension

Declension of kula
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kula	kulan	kulor	kulorna
Genitive	kulas	kulans	kulors	kulornas

Derived terms

• jordkula
• julkula
• kulform
• kulformad
• kulfång
• kulgevär
• kullager
• kulspruta (abbreviated ksp )
• kulsprutegevär (abbreviated kg )
• kulsprutepistol (abbreviated kpist )
• kulventil
• malkula

 

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Tagalog

Verb

kula

1. to dry under the sun

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊˈla/
• Hyphenation: ku‧la

Noun

kula

1. accusative singular of kul